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Chase Douglas 88bacc49f0 os: Add -displayfd option
This option specifies a file descriptor in the launching process.  X
will scan for an available display number and write that number back to
the launching process, at the same time as SIGUSR1 generation.  This
means display managers don't need to guess at available display numbers.
As a consequence, if X fails to start when using -displayfd, it's not
because the display was in use, so there's no point in retrying the X
launch on a higher display number.

Signed-off-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Tested-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
2012-05-01 11:36:30 +10:00
composite Export CompositeClientWindowType 2012-04-19 15:34:32 -05:00
config Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
damageext Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
dbe Indentation: Change '& stuff' to '&stuff' 2012-03-21 14:02:30 -07:00
dix os: Add -displayfd option 2012-05-01 11:36:30 +10:00
doc dix: add dtrace probes to input API 2012-03-22 11:33:42 +10:00
exa Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
fb Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
glx glapi: Correct size of allocated _glapi_table struct 2012-04-23 20:20:42 -07:00
hw XQuartz: Make sure we tell startx the correct server binary to use in our fallback path 2012-04-26 21:25:38 -07:00
include os: Add -displayfd option 2012-05-01 11:36:30 +10:00
m4 Use XORG_STRICT_OPTION from util-macros 1.14 to set -Werror flags 2011-05-27 19:51:05 -07:00
man os: Add -displayfd option 2012-05-01 11:36:30 +10:00
mi Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
miext Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
os os: Add -displayfd option 2012-05-01 11:36:30 +10:00
randr Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
record Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
render dix: add reference count of the resource to ResourceSizeRec 2012-04-18 12:49:11 +03:00
test xserver: Fix out-of-tree build 2012-05-01 11:36:30 +10:00
Xext xres: Fix build without composite 2012-04-23 20:16:53 -07:00
xfixes Introduce a consistent coding style 2012-03-21 13:54:42 -07:00
Xi Xi: return BadValue on XIQueryVersion if the version is less than first call 2012-05-01 11:36:30 +10:00
xkb XKB: Redirect actions defunct with Gtk3 (XInput?) 2012-03-22 11:33:18 +10:00
.gitignore doc: relocate xserver.ent in the package root directory 2011-05-14 11:22:26 -07:00
autogen.sh autogen.sh: Pass --force to autoreconf 2008-07-22 16:55:26 +03:00
configure.ac Merge remote-tracking branch 'yselkowitz/master' 2012-04-19 15:48:34 -05:00
COPYING Add asprintf() implementation for platforms without it 2010-12-07 11:10:35 -08:00
devbook.am devbook.am: maintenance update from docbook.am 2011-09-21 14:07:52 -07:00
docbook.am docbook.am: embed css styles inside the HTML HEAD element 2011-09-21 14:07:49 -07:00
fix-miregion Change region implementation names to eliminate the 'mi' prefix 2010-06-05 17:47:32 -07:00
fix-miregion-private Change region implementation names to eliminate the 'mi' prefix 2010-06-05 17:47:32 -07:00
fix-patch-whitespace Rename region macros to eliminate screen argument 2010-06-05 18:59:00 -07:00
fix-region Rename region macros to eliminate screen argument 2010-06-05 18:59:00 -07:00
Makefile.am man: relocate manual pages in the man subdir outside doc 2011-05-13 14:08:17 -07:00
manpages.am Xdmx.man: Show actual configured XKB defaults instead of old hardcoded values 2011-06-21 17:54:14 -07:00
README packaging: provide a default README file #24206 2010-01-27 14:00:17 -08:00
xorg-server.m4 macros: use PKG_CONFIG variable rather than executable name 2010-01-07 12:57:23 -08:00
xorg-server.pc.in xfree86: link modules against Xorg symbols on Cygwin 2012-04-05 21:57:07 -05:00
xserver.ent.in doc: relocate xserver.ent in the package root directory 2011-05-14 11:22:26 -07:00

					X Server

The X server accepts requests from client applications to create windows,
which are (normally rectangular) "virtual screens" that the client program
can draw into.

Windows are then composed on the actual screen by the X server
(or by a separate composite manager) as directed by the window manager,
which usually communicates with the user via graphical controls such as buttons
and draggable titlebars and borders.

For a comprehensive overview of X Server and X Window System, consult the
following article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_server

All questions regarding this software should be directed at the
Xorg mailing list:

        http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg

Please submit bug reports to the Xorg bugzilla:

        https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg

The master development code repository can be found at:

        git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/xserver

        http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver

For patch submission instructions, see:

	http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

For more information on the git code manager, see:

        http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage